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Orange County Affordable Housing <br /> Advisory Board (AHAB) <br /> Meeting Agenda <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> HOUSING DEPARTMENT Housing Tuesday, Feb , 6:0om R PM <br /> Orange County Housing Zoom Room <br /> 300 W. Tryon St., Third Floor <br /> Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> Zoom link: <br /> https:Horangecountync.zoom.us/j/85811873570?pwd=RWFSdjZNcmZ6QOQzamtuTlIwYkNKZz09 <br /> I. Call to Order: 6:04 <br /> II. Outside Agency Application Review <br /> a. CR: Bonnie looks at every scorecard; if there isn't enough funding, the lower scored <br /> projects get cut <br /> b. EC: Wide range of what we're talking about when we talk about affordable housing. Not <br /> just rental properties, but homeownership, rehab, maintaining homes so people can age <br /> in place, etc.The process of making those kinds of things affordable for people is also <br /> valid use of funds <br /> c. Holly: Does Bonnie see comments? Only if we want to leave them in <br /> d. CEF: <br /> i. Paul: "Appropriate growth" is a hard thing to measure; everyone seems to have <br /> struggled with this. Self-Help was especially bad at estimating. <br /> ii. So Impressed by what they do with such small staff <br /> iii. Actual results weren't quite aligned with projected, but has to be expected with <br /> COVID; Paul sees issues of sustainability; budget doesn't seem totally realistic <br /> iv. In agreement that CEF should receive funding, not sure whether they should <br /> increase funding. Holly thinks yes, because costs are going up and people she <br /> has talked to speak highly of CEF.Jenn says no just because we have a limited <br /> number of resources. <br /> e. EmPOWERment <br /> i. Paul: Again, doing a lot with a small staff <br /> f. Habitat <br /> i. Mariela: Leaves out a large quantity of community members from applying/not <br /> enough people from diverse communities that are eligible to apply <br /> ii. Holly:they get millions of dollars from other funds <br />